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On 30/01/2010, at 2:45 AM, Jeff Greenberg <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
> I have been looking online to find copies of the wonderful videos done
> by John Ramsay and Chris Hawkesworth on structure in the Alps, as
> part of
> the EARTH EXPLORED series from the BBC-Open University about three
> decades
> ago. Our old VHS copies are now too worn and useless.
>
> Does anyone have good copies of these or know where we might obtain
> them,
> either to purchase or to "rent" and make copies?
>
> I also would like everyone to consider the value of videos covering
> classical or
> other exemplar sites of structural freatures. Still photos are OK
> but nothing
> short of actually visiting can compare with our students seeing the
> field context
> of what we teach. The EE example mentioned above proves that nothing
> has to be
> elaborate or too complex. Unfortunately, most of the video
> programming done
> on geology these days is commercial, poorly narrated and of course,
> not of all
> we desire in locations. For example, the US-based series EARTH
> REVEALED that
> came later tan EE is too broad, too basic and not well produced.
>
> As we had gotten response to the inquiry about animations of models,
> perhaps the
> list can give good input concerning what videos are already available.
> Thanks, Jeff
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